The Bay Area is famous for its microclimates. Learn about the patterns of rain, sun, and wind that make our home what it is.
September 19, 2017 by Eric Simons
Forecasters thought it would be hot in San Francisco over Labor Day -- meaning, you know, in the high 80s. Instead it was 106. What happened?
September 01, 2017 by Beth Slatkin
Hot weather can be tough on our local wildlife, including wild bees. But you can help by making a safe "watering hole" for tiny pollinators.
July 27, 2015 by Les Rowntree
Current climate change research suggests California’s weather could become even more variable than in the past, a “new normal” of drier dry periods punctuated by wetter winter storms.
December 13, 2014 by Alison Hawkes
Is California's drought caused by "natural variability" or was it much more likely to happen under climate change?
October 09, 2014 by Paul Epstein
Somewhere between animation and photography, Swiss-born Simon Christen has found his happy place: time-lapse photography. His “day job” is as ...
October 01, 2014 by Alison Hawkes
Was California's record-breaking 2013-2015 drought a window into the future?
February 07, 2014 by Eric Simons
The forecast calls for big rain this weekend from an "atmospheric river," a plume of moisture stretching thousands of miles across the Pacific and splashing onto land right smack on the Northern California coast.
November 18, 2013 by Eric Simons
As drought stretches on in California, local plants and animals are falling back on their evolutionarily honed behaviors for outlasting the dry.
January 03, 2013 by Alison Hawkes
With all the cold and moist days we've had lately, it's the perfect time to experience winter's tule fog, a different variety than summer's ocean-borne type.
November 01, 2012 by Alison Hawkes
A geologist reminds us that a "Pineapple Express" could do just as much damage here as Hurricane Sandy did back East.